Wardrobe suitcase



Jan. 19 1926.

1,569,982- G. M. KAPRIELIAN WARDROBE SUITCASE Filed August 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Y INVENTOR I Gabriel M Ka areli/aza 1,569,982 G. M. KAPRIELIAN WARDROBE SUI TGASE Filed August 20, 1924 2 Sheet s-Shee t 2 INVENTOR I Gabriel M Kaqarelatz:

Patented Jon. s, 1926. i

NITED STATES 1,569,982 PATENT EOFFWE.

- Gunmen M. KA'PRIELIAN, or rnnsno, enmronnm.

WARDROBE snrrcnsn.

Application filed August 20, 1924. Serial No. 733,107.

i To all ichom it my concern:

a suit-case which when in folded position is Be it known that I, GABRIEL :M. KAPRIE- LIAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Fresno, county of Fresno, State of California; have invented certain new and useful Improvements in YVardrobe Suitcases; and 1 do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being bad to the accompanyrefing drawings and to the characters erence marked thereon, which form .a part of this application.

This invention relates to improvements in travelling bags and particularly to suitcases. p v

The object of'the invention is to produce be suspended therein in such an extended position as to allow the same to be so flattoned out and protected as to prevent undue wrinklin thereof.

A furt erobject is to provide the suitcase'so that several suits or dresses maybe as a temporary wardrobe so suspended in extended positiontherein, whereby the suit-case when opened may be hung on a hook or other support and used or the articles contained therein. I

A further object of the invention is to produce" a simple and inexpensive device fective for the purpose for which it is 3-3 of Fig. Q.

designed. I

These objects I accomplish by means of parts as will fully appear bye. erusal of the following specification and c aimss- In the drawings similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts 1n the severel'vlews:

1 is a perspective view of my'im- 1 proved suit-case showing the. same partly open to show how the extension instrumentality functions. r

Fig. 2 is a plan view out the suit-case in open position and showing-the ports and clamping elements t erein.

Fig. 3 is a sectional View taken on a line garment sup- Fig. 4 is a perspective view of ene of the clamping elements.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the garment hanger used in connection with my improved suit case.

eferring now more particularly to the characters of reference on the drawings, the

numerals 1 and 2 designate the usual two halves of a suit-case of common design. Instead of having these two; halves hinged to break along the connecting line between them, as is usual in present suit-case construction, I provide a rigid bottom board onmember 3 common to both hslves .of the suit-case 1 and 2 and connected and hinged to the outer end of catch as at (i end 5 respectively. F let metal hers ti form rifgid braces at each end of the bottom boar 3 end the hinge connections 4 and 5 are made between these bars *8 and corresponding bars 7 and 8 secured to the sides oi the halves 1 and 2 respectively. Cross-hers 9 end 10 connect opposite ends of the bars 7 end similhr cross-bars 11 and 12 connect opposite ends oi the bars 8. Intermediate here 13 extend between the hers 9 and 1t) s. slight spaced guide members 15, while on the bar 14 and one ofthe bars 8 are similar upstanding guides 16.

The members 17 end 18 are fiat clamping or presser elements of any suitable design and of a width equal to the height of the members 1 and 2. On the ends of these elements 17 and 18 are combined slide members and pinch clamps 19 and Q0 respectively adapted to be euga ed with the guides so as to position the c amping elements 17 and 18 at definite positions within the members 1 and 2 for a pur use as will presently uppear, while allowing of vertical movement of said elements relative to the guides and reventing transverse displacement thereof m the-suit-case.

On the inner edges of the members 17 and 18 are hinged a plurality of list boards or fla s 21 and 22 respectively which can fold 9. out their hinged connection with the said members 17 and 18 and with each other lid moved to closed positions.

.. Secured to the bottom of the member 1 arms 31 swiveled thereon, which may near the outer edge thereof is a pin 23 having a threaded base 24;- on which is threaded a sleeve 25 having a top flange 26.

The numeral 2'2 designates a garment hanger having an open hook 28st its upper end capable of engaging the sleeve 25 when the 531719 is unscrewed from the threaded portion 24 and lifted over the {pin 23. Hinged links 29 connect the upper ree edges of the members 1 and 2 so as to hold tnern in horizontal position when they are extended into parallelism withthe member 3.

The various brace liars, rods and other structural elements described will of course in practice he covered with suitable decorative and cushioning covering which}: have not shown herein as l desire to set forth the mechanical structure of the suit-case,

and such covering is a matter of decoration 1 and convenience only and forms no important part oil my invention.

In using the device, the garment to be packed in the suit-case is suspended on the hanger The sleeve 25 is then nothreaded and. pulled upward so that the hoot: 28 may he engaged therewith, whereupon the sleeve is again engaged with the threaded element 2% and the flange 26' prevents the garment hanger from comin oil of the sleeve. The garment is then laid out flat across the members 1, 2 and 3 and the niemhers 19* oil the presses elements 17 and i8 srethen introduced into their guides and-l6 and. pressed firmly down against the garment to hold it in unwrinkled position, the members 21 and 22 of their own weight holding the part which extends across the portion 3 alsd'perfectly flat and unw'rinhled.

The hinged links 29 are then broken and the suit-case is folded to closed position with the garment held perfectly flat and unwrinlrled therein. Four or live garments may put into one suit-case and. when the suitcase is opened. in a hotel or other place it may he suspended by its handle upon a hool or other suspension element and the garments will then hang on the sleeve ready for removal. and replacement at will.

At the end op osite the sleeve 25 I provide a pin 30havn1g a plurality of weightpg swung out over the clamping element 18 to aid holding the same perfectly .fiat against the garments. Y

The distance from the top' of the suitcase members 1 and 2 to the inner ends of the elements 17 and 18 to which the adjacent boards 21 and 22- res ectively are hinged must be less than the hers, so that when the latter are folded the boards 21 and 22 may lie more or less parallel to the central part 3, with sufficient space then being had between the inner ends of the elements 17 and 18 to prevent'undue pinching or compression at these points, of any clothing carried between said elements and the bottom member of the suitcase. By using two or more of each of the boards 21 and 22, they may function efiicicntly regardless of different total'thiclrncsses oi clothing being carried.

From the foregoing description it will be readily seen that I have produced such a device as substantially fulfills the objects of the invention asset forth herein.

might of said inein- 00 While this specification sets forth in detail the present and preferred construction of the device, still in practice such deviations from such detail may be resorted to as do not form a departure from the spirit of the invention, as defined by the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and useful and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a suit-case, guides arranged there in, a flat presser element, and pinch clamps on the presser element to engage the guides and position the presser element, such presser element having a rigid flap hinged along one edge thereof.

2. A wardrobe suitcase including two side compartments open at their lower ends, a rigid bottom hinged to the outer edges of the open ends to form an extension to the length of the suitcase when 0 en, and hin ed linlrs connecting the upper rec edges of the ends of the compartments.

3, In a suitcase a projecting pin at one end thereof, a sleeve removably threaded on the pin, and an overhanging flange fixed on the top of the sleeve, whereby garment hangers having hooks may be enga 'ed with the sleeve when the latter is threaded onto the pin and said hooks will be held against removal b the flange while permitting them free one of movement on the sleeve below the flange.

4. In a suitcase a flat presser element arranged to press against a arment in the suit-case and movable relative to the side thereof and a flap hinged along one edge of the. element.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

GABRIEL M. KAPRIELIAN. 

